The Hammett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,590 people carried this name — #4,673 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,206 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hammett surname

A diminutive of Old High German Hamo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hammett» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Hamon’.

His entry covers Hammett, Hammatt and Hammitt.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 353 · public domain.

In print

Hammett in American newspapers,
1872–1919.

Newspaper page from The Wheatland World carrying the name Hammett
The Wheatland World 1915-04-23
Newspaper page from Nashville Union And American carrying the name Hammett
Nashville Union And American 1872-04-20
Newspaper page from The News Scimitar carrying the name Hammett
The News Scimitar 1919-03-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,904 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hammett in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

3,525 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hammett. The most, 583, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,150
Victoria 978
Queensland 473
South Australia 363
Tasmania 296
Western Australia 232
ACT (Canberra) 9

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hammett.

Who carried it

People named Hammett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Hammett
    Charles Hammett 1865–1945 · basketball coach
  • Dashiell Hammett
    Dashiell Hammett 1894–1961 · screenwriter
  • Richard Hammett 1706–1766
  • Elizabeth Musgrave 1765–
  • Martha Anna Hammett 1785–
  • William H. Hammett 1799–1861 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hammett,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States474 records

474 records of the Hammett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 263
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 95
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 46
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 35
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank Hammett

    Born 1919 in Alabama. Enlisted 1944 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; farm hand from Crenshaw County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1999, buried at Macedonia Cemetery, Andalusia, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David A. Hammett

    Born 1947; from Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Hammett

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Assyrian Monarch from London, aged 24; domestic. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 474 records for Hammett in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia161 records

161 records of the Hammett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 72
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 39
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 25
  • Tasmanian Names Index 18
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Anne Hammett

    Died 1893 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 81. Will registered in Tasmania in 1893.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Susannah Hammett

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Bombay, aged 27; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Hammett

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Surrey, arriving 1834.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 161 records for Hammett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

Canada25 records

25 records of the Hammett name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 20
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Kenneth Hammett

    Died 1969 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Lawrence Samuel Hammett

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record A. C. Hammett

    Buried in 1906 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 25 records for Hammett in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom10 records

10 records of the Hammett name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 9
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Hammett

    Northumberland Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. G. Hammett

    Devonshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. J. Hammett

    East Lancashire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Hammett in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Hammett name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Hammett

    Died 1936, aged 79; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Esther Hammett

    Died 1913, aged 52; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Hammett in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Hammett name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Marjory Elsie Hammett

    Married in 1932 in Hendon Middlesex.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Hammett in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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